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Sydney bushfires

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Local resident Alan Seaman walks through the remains of his home, which was destroyed by a bushfire in the Blue Mountains suburb of Winmalee. More than 200 homes have been destroyed since last Thursday as scores of fires burned through thousands of hectares of bush, farms and rural communities outside Sydney. A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales (NSW) state, Australia's most populous. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

A Rural Fire Service firefighter sprays water onto a small fire burning near a home in western Sydney. Photograph: Reuters/Stringer

Local resident Delia Smith inspects her family's house with her husband Colin after it was destroyed by a bushfire in the Blue Mountains suburb of Winmalee. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Tea cups sit on a letterbox at a home destroyed by bushfire. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Sue Dunlop sits in the front yard of her home of 41 years in Winmalee which was destroyed by bushfire. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

A home and car destroyed by bushfire. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

A home destroyed by bushfire in Winmalee, Australia. One man has died and hundreds of properties have been destroyed in bushfires that are devastating the Blue Mountains and Central Coast regions of New South Wales. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Ferries sail past the Sydney Opera House as smoke from bushfires can be seen above. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters